Ideas Calendar: July 28-Aug. 3

July 27, 2012 10:07 p.m. ET

DIANA VREELAND: THE EYE HAS TO TRAVEL

The granddaughter-in-law of the late fashion doyenne has made a documentary about her, with Anjelica Huston and Manolo Blahnik among those providing anecdotes. Director Lisa Immordino Vreeland will answer questions after the showing. 7:30 p.m. Monday at Paepcke Auditorium, Aspen, Colo. $20.

'FROM THE GLORY OF CONQUEST TO PARADISE LOST'

The Arab state Al-Andalus covered much of Spain and Portugal and some of France before the Middle Ages. At Washington's Library of Congress, scholar Peter Wien, a historian at the University of Maryland, will speak Thursday about the importance of this realm in Arab cultural memory. Noon, Room LJ119.

MYTHCON AT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY

For more than four decades scholarly lovers of myths and legends have gathered at this conference; this year's topics include "Unbound: Comparing Eastern and Western Cinderella Novelizations" and many talks on Middle Earth and Narnia. Friday-Monday, Clark Kerr Campus. Registration $65-$105. MythCon.org.

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